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Rev. Marian Toyne

The Revd Marian Toyne, a former Wrawby resident for over 20 years, has been appointed Rector of the Woldmoor Group. This neighbouring group of parishes includes the villages of North Kelsey, South Kelsey, Nettleton together with the smaller communities of Holton-le-Moor, Thornton-le-Moor, Usselby, North Owersby and Kirkby with Kingerby - 8 churches and 3,000 population.

Marian spent 30 years in Education. She was Head of R.E. at Sir John Nelthorpe School, Brigg from 1986 to 2001. She joined the Advisory Team of North Lincolnshire LEA, where her responsibilities covered Drug Education, PSHCE (Personal and Social, Health and Citizenship), RE, Spirituality and Collective Worship, and Humanities. She became an independent consultant in 2011, and ran a Behavioural Unit at Riddings Junior School until June 2011, when she became Head of Humanities at Outwood Academy, Brumby until 2016.

Following a call to the ordained ministry Marian, already a graduate of Exeter University, trained at Lincoln School of Theology from 2011-14 and graduated from Lincoln University with her second degree in Theology. She was ordained Deacon in 2014 and Priest in 2015 – initially as a self-supporting minister and later as full-time curate of St Lawrence’s and All Saints’, Scunthorpe with pastoral and liturgical responsibiity for both churches during the recent interregnum.

Marian and her husband, Dee, who were married in 1989, will shortly move to North Kelsey rectory. She will be licensed at 7 p.m. on Thursday 6th June in South Kelsey church by the Bishop of Grimsby. Please remember them in your prayers.